Diet of the brown skua Catharacta skua lonnbergi on the Kerguelen archipelago: Comparisons between techniques and between islands

Polar Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-16

  Moncorps, S ^a   Chapuis, J L ^a   Haubreux, D ^a   Bretagnolle, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWN SHUA; DIET; PREY SELECTION; RABBIT;

INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA SKUA; CATHARACTA SKUA LONNBERGI; CHARADRIIFORMES; CICONIIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; HALOBAENA CAERULEA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROCELLARIIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031889411     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050210     Document Type: Article

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